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Adaptation from the Other Side of the Screen

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How do you take a two-hundred year-old-novel and turn it into a 110 episode webseries? What happens when Hollywood options your material? Is it ever a good idea to adapt your own work? Margaret shares what she’s learned from writing The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and other screen adaptations, why “faithful” can be a double-edged sword for adapters, and how the practical considerations of filmmaking shape a story as it’s shepherded from page to screen.